Next message: Antony N. Lord: "Re: [WinMac] Connecting to remote W2K server"
On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 12:44 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote:
> I have a remote server (W2K server) at work I would really like to
> connect to (for working on shared files).
>
> I would like to be able to connect from both my OS X and XP boxes here
> at home.
I suggest you set up the VPN functionality of W2K server. Both Mac OS X
and Windows XP have a compatible VPN client built in.
You can find instructions on implementing Windows 2000 VPN in many
places on the Web. Here is one set of instructions.
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/whitepapers/
configur_vpn_solution.asp
To make the server accessible over the Internet, it will be necessary
to forward traffic from your router on the VPN port to the server. That
port is 1723.
I strongly discourage you from opening the Windows file sharing ports
to the public Internet. Recent worms have spread via port 135, and may
do so again. Implementing a VPN is a much more secure way to accomplish
what you are trying to do.
Zac
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Zachary Mutrux
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